Yamamoto A

No ORCID on file · 8 papers in corpus · active 2012-2025

Study types

  • article 4
  • case-report 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 4
  • adenomyosis 1
2025
Thymoma without Myasthenia Gravis Showing Size Fluctuation in Parallel to Alopecia Areata Activity: A Case Report.
Annals of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery : official journal of the Association of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons of Asia ·doi:10.5761/atcs.cr.25-00082

Thymomas are commonly associated with autoimmune diseases such as myasthenia gravis (MG), pure red cell aplasia, and hypogammaglobulinemia, while those associated solely with alopecia areata (AA) are extremely rare. A 55-year-old woman with…

case-report 2023
Carcinosarcoma of the uterus, derived from subserous cystic adenomyosis, presenting as an acute abdomen: A case report and review of the literature
Gynecologic oncology reports ·doi:10.1016/j.gore.2023.101139

When a woman presents with an acute abdomen with cystic lesions in the abdominal cavity, the differential diagnosis includes torsion or rupture of an ovarian tumor. We report our experience with a 54-year-old nulliparous woman who underwent…

article 2018
A prospective cohort study of meat and fish consumption and endometriosis risk
American journal of obstetrics and gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2018.05.034

BackgroundOnly 2 case-control studies have examined the associations between consumption of meat products and endometriosis risk with inconsistent results. Consumption of animal products has the potential to influence endometriosis risk thr…

2018
Subcellular localization of MCM2 correlates with the prognosis of ovarian clear cell carcinoma.
Oncotarget ·doi:10.18632/oncotarget.25613

Highly malignant tumors overexpress the minichromosome maintenance 2 (MCM2) protein in the nucleus, which is associated with advanced tumor grade, advanced stage, and poor prognosis. In this study, we showed that MCM2 is highly expressed in…

article 2017
A higher prevalence of endometriosis among Asian women does not contribute to poorer IVF outcomes
Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics ·doi:10.1007/s10815-017-0919-1

PurposeThe purpose of the study was to determine whether diagnosis of endometriosis or endometriosis with endometrioma influences in vitro fertilization (IVF) outcomes in an ethnically diverse population.MethodsWomen undergoing a first IVF …

article 2016
Allelic Imbalance in Regulation of ANRIL through Chromatin Interaction at 9p21 Endometriosis Risk Locus
PLoS genetics ·doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1005893

Genome-wide association studies (GWASs) have discovered numerous single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with human complex disorders. However, functional characterization of the disease-associated SNPs remains a formidable challe…

article 2015
Huge polypoid endometriosis: report of a case and review of the literature
International cancer conference journal ·doi:10.1007/s13691-015-0220-z

'Polypoid endometriosis' is a rare variant of endometriosis. We describe a case of an extremely large polypoid endometriosis mimicking a malignant tumor. A 37-year-old nulliparous woman was referred due to the rapid growth of an endometriot…

2012
Molecular mechanisms of pancreatic stone formation in chronic pancreatitis.
Frontiers in physiology ·doi:10.3389/fphys.2012.00415

Chronic pancreatitis (CP) is a progressive inflammatory disease in which the pancreatic secretory parenchyma is destroyed and replaced by fibrosis. The presence of intraductal pancreatic stone(s) is important for the diagnosis of CP; howeve…